I have a confession...starting the bike

[ny biker]

This might sounds like a weird suggestion, but are you sure you have the correct (for you) foot on the ground vs. on the pedal?

I am right handed and you would think my right leg would be the dominant leg but I just could not get starting and stopping down when I was keeping my right foot in the pedal and putting my left foot down.

Once I realized that my major problem (at least with stopping) was that I kept unclipping left but leaning right, I decided to just go with it and unclip my right foot instead. This naturally meant that my left foot was the one that would have to start me off in the pedal, and ever since then I've been fine! So somehow I am just wired backwards with the dominant foot thing .

I am right handed and I put my right foot down first when I stop and begin pedaling with my left foot when I start. That's always been my instinct.